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Tuesday, 8 October 2019
What matters on this day
Ashwin Shukla Paksha until 2:50 PM
New Delhi · purnimanta reckoning · change
Sunrise6:21 AM
Sunset5:55 PM
Nakshatra
until 8:12 PM
Avoid
3:02 PM – 4:29 PM
Auspicious
11:45 AM – 12:31 PM
No festival or vrat falls today for your region.
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Coming up
- Papankusha Ekadashi tomorrow Wed, 9 Oct
- Pradosh Vrat in 3 days Fri, 11 Oct
- Sharad Purnima in 5 days Sun, 13 Oct
The rest of today
Inauspicious periods
3:02 PM – 4:29 PM
9:15 AM – 10:41 AM
12:08 PM – 1:35 PM
8:40 AM – 10:12 AM, 4:23 PM – 5:55 PM
These are periods traditionally avoided for starting something. They do not move a festival — an observance fixed by its own rule stays where the rule puts it. More →
Moon, and the five limbs
Moonrise3:00 PM
Moonset1:16 AM
Dhriti until 12:44 AM, Oct 09
Gara
Mangalavara
Your observances
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